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THE TEN MOST COMPELLING UFO CASES IN HISTORYin order of compellingness(?)

1. "Hudson Valley," or the Westchester Wing, NY 1984Thousands of reports, mostly nocturnal, of large, silent, hoveringobject with series of rotating lights. Reports came from many highlycredible individuals including meteorologists, news reporters, andpolice chiefs. "Planes in formation" theory still in contention;however, videos taken by area resident of both the object and aformation of planes shows distinct differences. Intermittent sightingsto this day.

2. "Cash/Landrum", outside Houston, TX 1979Two ladies and 5-year-old boy report diamond-shaped object belchingfire from beneath, surrounded by CH-47-style helicopters. Soon aftersighting, all three suffered strange maladies which were likened toradiation poisoning. Klass explains as hoax, saying that the witness'pre-sighting medical conditions were not released to him forexamination.

3. "Roswell Incident," outside Corona, NM 1947Object crashed in remote location on a large ranch in early July, 1947.Debris recovered by AAF, who issued hasty press release saying "FlyingDisk" had been recovered. Press release retracted the next day, and

press conference held at which it was revealed the object was, in fact,a Rawin sonde (a device used to calibrate radar). 30 years later, AFintelligence officer Maj. J. Marcel claimed that the object was "not ofthis earth", that the press conference was a sham. Interviews with over150 witnesses reinforce anomalous nature of object.

4. "Army Helicopter", Mansfield, OH 1974Four National Guardsman aboard Bell UH-1H chopper report sightinglarge nocturnal object on collision course. Pilot-in-Command Capt.Coyne puts chopper in descent mode. Object stops in front of chopper,then continues westward travel, after which Coyne discovers thatchopper actually rose 2000 ft. Klass' explanation of a bolide is notsupported by testimony, circumstances, or scientific principles.

5. "Bentwaters," Rendlesham Forest, UK 1979

Three separate sightings of anomalous lights near a NORAD base in theUK. Official report filed by deputy base commander, who also taped theon-site investigation carried out by Air Police detachment. Occurenceproduced many witnesses, some of whom swear a craft was sighted. Invest-igation hampered by conflicting testimony, Britain's Secrets Act, grand-standing by one less than credible witness, and possibly the "ControlGroup" -- A US Senator began looking into the affair, but abruptly haltedand would not communicate further with UFO researchers.

6. "Washington Invasion," Washington, DC 1952Several fast-moving objects appear on radarscopes at three separateinstallations, including Andrews AFB. Interceptors scrambled, but don'tfind anything. Same thing happens the next night, this time objectsconfirmed by ground observers. Largest peace-time press conference in

govt. history called to explain to reporters that radar traces werecaused by thermal inversions, despite absence of proper weatherconditions on the nights in question.

7. "Great Falls Film", Great Falls, MN 1954Little League baseball coach films two objects streaking across skynear an AFB. Original explanation was that objects were F-100s onapproach to AFB, but photo-analysis shows objects to be travelling muchtoo fast.

8. "Trent Photo", McMinnville, OR 1950Actually two photos taken by farmer with Polaroid camera, depictclassic domed saucer. Foreground objects provide good references for

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analysis, which shows object to be around 30 ft. diameter, and at least1/4 mile distant. Shadows on foreground structure may be inconsistentwith time of day provided by photographer; however, that is immaterialto analysis of the image's size and distance.

9. "Travis Walton," Snowflake, AZ 1974Five woodcutters allegedly witness abduction of their comrade aboardUFO. Abductee reappears five days later, fails first lie detector,after which he and four other witnesses pass, one is inconclusive.Controversy surrounds suppression of first lie detector results.

10. "My wife's sighting," Fountain Hills, AZ 1989My wife and another witness, a friend of mine, stood in my backyardabout 1AM and witnessed a large, silent, hovering object with bright,multi-colored lights that strobed in a diamond-shaped pattern. Theobject then took off to the northeast and vanished in less than asecond. (Where was I? ASLEEP, DAMMIT!) Interviewed separately,witnesses gave basically the same description. Cursory check with areaairports, AFBs yielded no clues.

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his file was originally prepared by ParaNet for use in a talk by Maj. JamescGaha of CSICOP. We bequeath it to the public domain.